Courtesy of the Sunny Day Flooding ProjectScientists have increasingly used tide levels to predict flooding on the coast. But two North Carolina professors showed that land-based factors, like rain, groundwater, and local infrastructure, are more often the driving force.
Jeff Tiberii talks to NPR investigative correspondent Laura Sullivan about her reporting on Hurricane Helene's aftermath and U.S. natural disaster preparedness.
Writer Georgann Eubanks chronicles fifteen natural phenomena from across the region in The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South.
Last week, scientists launched plastic water bottles outfitted with GPS systems into two Raleigh creeks to research the movement of waste in urban waterways. The study is part of North Carolina Sea Grant, a project funded by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic istration (NOAA).
GatorWise is a website that’s live in 11 southeastern states, including North Carolina. The site was launched by biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the award to the town of North Wilkesboro Friday, one of 23 projects selected for brownfield cleanup in the southeast.
A public hearing held at the airport in January featured more than 40 speakers, all of whom lambasted the proposed development.
Lawmakers want to force a recreational fishing season for Southern flounder, which experts say is overfished and in danger of collapse.
The three pups, born at the start of the month, are another step toward the Museum of Life and Science's goal of conserving the red wolf species.
Rep. Ted Davis has spent five years working on legislation that would make Chemours pay for PFAS-removing upgrades built by Southeastern NC utilities.
Several hundred people work in the Office of Research and Development at EPA's campus at Research Triangle Park. This office is being dissolved. Researchers will now move to different program offices.
PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” are found in several North Carolina waterways, including the Cape Fear River. Powerful lobbying groups like the NC Chamber have opposed legislative and regulatory efforts to stop PFAS at the source.